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I remember going to vote with my mother. it was a fire house in our small town. and it was a ritual to go and vote. and your mom regularly worked polls for elections until she passed away i know in 2014 your daughter has served as a poll worker. and now there's all these threats on election workers. >> yes. >> in a sense, it is personal, something you personally understand. >> it is not just personal to me but to millions of americans who ever work the polls themselves or know someone in their family or circle of friends who do this. hundreds upon hundreds of thousands of americans fuel our de...

Votes that concern people. and don't wait until you get all of them dumped. so we have a steady spread of information so people don't freak out over the wild swings. >> you're obviously worried and georgia setup a new text alert system. what response have you seen during this early voting system? is there cause to be concerned? >> so far so good. i've got to tell you, jake. after the primaries in georgia, president trump came and endorsed every one of the incumbents won. governor kemp thumped his opponent by over 50 points. raffensperger thumped his opponent. it's calmed down in georgia. are t...

Opponent by over 50 points. raffensperger thumped his opponent. it's calmed down in georgia. are there going to be issues in georgia potentially? absolutely. that's why we have the poll worker first response text program so we can alert our headquarters, local county headquarters, and law enforcement with fast response with thorough information so we don't get these crazy rumors that get around twitter and stuff, we have real information to respond with. >> most people learned your name two years ago after you gave that emotional public plea to trump and others that people are going to get hur...

Are going to turn out to the polls, like you, are going to have been entirely forgettable experience. that is what you want. but under really extreme circumstances we have seen poll workers intimidated and harassed. this is most pronounced and places like central count facilities. where the ballots are being collected before they are tabulated. rather than at individual polling locations themselves. or at least that is a trend we are seeing. and so i want to be clear that while the things that we are seeing are alarming. they are kind of few and far between. and will only happen to a very smal...

How rare and precious this country is. >> all the state legislative races, local races, they are critically, critically important. not a joke. they're going to determine whether our democracy is sustained. >> if you care about election integrity volunteer as an election poll worker, poll challenger we need you. be sure to tune in next tuesday, cnn will have special election coverage. it all starts at 4:00 p.m. eastern. we'll bring you the results. it's friday, usually people are happy but folks at twitter are not happy. twitter is warning employees to check your email today you may be fire...